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<blockquote data-quote="GeonX" data-source="post: 1161" data-attributes="member: 13"><p><img src="http://www.dvdscan.com/ben_hur_comp_2001_2.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p><img src="http://www.dvdscan.com/ben_hur_comp_2005_2.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p><img src="http://www.dvdscan.com/ben_hur_comp_2001_3.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p><img src="http://www.dvdscan.com/ben_hur_comp_2005_3.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p>Because, the MPEG 2 encoding also affects the performance of the color palette, especially the shadow detail. The encoding process is, in essence, a simplification process of the detailed data of the source master. But the devil is in the detail: the simplification of wide shots with great detail is far more complicated than with close ups. </p><p>And encoding a wide shot and superwidescreen film such as BEN-HUR requires also an individual treatment to avoid loss of detail, sharpness, and color accuracy. This was evidently not done on the new edition, as these examples show. Again, the new master may look great in 4K, but the color correction made for the SD master is not perfect. That a very good representation of a newly restored film element and new transfer is possible on DVD was very convincingly underlined by the recent classics releases by FOX. THE MAN IN THE GRAY FLANNEL SUIT is a great example.</p><p>Here, both the coordination and the supervision of the Home Entertainment/Broadcast mastering made a success on Disc possible (an almost flawless encoding, with 7.90Gb of the 7.96 GB used @ a bitrate of nearly 6 Mbit/s average for this 152 Minute movie). But FOX also sticks to that policy with movies that are merely 100 minutes long - where other studios already use a single layer. LEAVE HER TO HEAVEN is equipped with a very nice 7.78 GB total @ 110 Minutes duration. Color timing is extremely accurate as are mix & encoding of the soundtrack. Fox has - very quietly - been doing some outstanding work for quite some time; almost all of the classics series masters are at least impressive if not better. But, there is still significant room for improvement here, too - THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK no longer features the Entr'Acte music and therfore is missing 2 minutes now on DVD (the LD version did feature the entire Alfred Newman score), the encoding of TITANIC and most notably on THE GHOST AND MRS MUIR was poor and even on the very good edition of THE MAN IN THE GRAY FLANNEL SUIT mishaps did occur: in this case in form of a high pitch noise in the 4.0 encoded soundtrack between minutes 18:21 and 19:18 that is audible in the surrounds only, and does not belong. But, very clearly, the direction FOX is going is the right one. The times where THOSE DARING YOUNG MEN IN THEIR FLYING MACHINES was reduced from a beautiful 65mm element to an unnecessarily soft and little detailed DVD, seem to be over. The very well coordinated way of production is perhaps the very element the industry needs, if it wants to increase profit at the same rate it did so far - and the costs are (ironically) the very same. Food for thought... </p><p></p><p>Όλο το άρθρο στο <a href="http://www.dvdscan.com/" target="_blank">http://www.dvdscan.com/</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="GeonX, post: 1161, member: 13"] [IMG]http://www.dvdscan.com/ben_hur_comp_2001_2.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://www.dvdscan.com/ben_hur_comp_2005_2.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://www.dvdscan.com/ben_hur_comp_2001_3.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://www.dvdscan.com/ben_hur_comp_2005_3.jpg[/IMG] Because, the MPEG 2 encoding also affects the performance of the color palette, especially the shadow detail. The encoding process is, in essence, a simplification process of the detailed data of the source master. But the devil is in the detail: the simplification of wide shots with great detail is far more complicated than with close ups. And encoding a wide shot and superwidescreen film such as BEN-HUR requires also an individual treatment to avoid loss of detail, sharpness, and color accuracy. This was evidently not done on the new edition, as these examples show. Again, the new master may look great in 4K, but the color correction made for the SD master is not perfect. That a very good representation of a newly restored film element and new transfer is possible on DVD was very convincingly underlined by the recent classics releases by FOX. THE MAN IN THE GRAY FLANNEL SUIT is a great example. Here, both the coordination and the supervision of the Home Entertainment/Broadcast mastering made a success on Disc possible (an almost flawless encoding, with 7.90Gb of the 7.96 GB used @ a bitrate of nearly 6 Mbit/s average for this 152 Minute movie). But FOX also sticks to that policy with movies that are merely 100 minutes long - where other studios already use a single layer. LEAVE HER TO HEAVEN is equipped with a very nice 7.78 GB total @ 110 Minutes duration. Color timing is extremely accurate as are mix & encoding of the soundtrack. Fox has - very quietly - been doing some outstanding work for quite some time; almost all of the classics series masters are at least impressive if not better. But, there is still significant room for improvement here, too - THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK no longer features the Entr'Acte music and therfore is missing 2 minutes now on DVD (the LD version did feature the entire Alfred Newman score), the encoding of TITANIC and most notably on THE GHOST AND MRS MUIR was poor and even on the very good edition of THE MAN IN THE GRAY FLANNEL SUIT mishaps did occur: in this case in form of a high pitch noise in the 4.0 encoded soundtrack between minutes 18:21 and 19:18 that is audible in the surrounds only, and does not belong. But, very clearly, the direction FOX is going is the right one. The times where THOSE DARING YOUNG MEN IN THEIR FLYING MACHINES was reduced from a beautiful 65mm element to an unnecessarily soft and little detailed DVD, seem to be over. The very well coordinated way of production is perhaps the very element the industry needs, if it wants to increase profit at the same rate it did so far - and the costs are (ironically) the very same. Food for thought... Όλο το άρθρο στο [url]http://www.dvdscan.com/[/url] [/QUOTE]
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